"evilness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: evilnesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English yvelnesse, from Old English yfelnyss; equivalent to evil + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|yvelnesse}} Middle English yvelnesse, {{inh|en|ang|yfelnyss}} Old English yfelnyss, {{suffix|en|evil|ness}} evil + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} evilness (countable and uncountable, plural evilnesses)
  1. The quality or state of being evil. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: badness, viciousness, malignity, vileness Translations (of or relating to evil): maldat [feminine] (Catalan), slechtheid [feminine] (Dutch), kwaadaardigheid [feminine] (Dutch), pahuus (Finnish), Boshaftigkeit [feminine] (German), pahhuus (Ingrian), yvelnesse (Middle English), răutate [feminine] (Romanian), maliție [feminine] (Romanian), malițiozitate [feminine] (Romanian), maldad (Spanish), kötülük (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-evilness-en-noun-s22c~lPQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "of or relating to evil",
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          "sense": "of or relating to evil",
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          "sense": "of or relating to evil",
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          "sense": "of or relating to evil",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "malițiozitate"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "of or relating to evil",
          "word": "maldad"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "of or relating to evil",
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      "word": "slechtheid"
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      "sense": "of or relating to evil",
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      "word": "kwaadaardigheid"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or relating to evil",
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    },
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      "sense": "of or relating to evil",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "sense": "of or relating to evil",
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      "sense": "of or relating to evil",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "maliție"
    },
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      "sense": "of or relating to evil",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "malițiozitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or relating to evil",
      "word": "maldad"
    },
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "of or relating to evil",
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